Traffic signal



Jan. 15, 1929. 1,699,301

C. T. MARTON TRAFFIC S IGNAL WMM k '45 am@ TMW@ l,

Jan. 15, 1929. 1,699,301.

c. T. MARToN TRAFFIC SIGNAL Filed Aug. 19, 1925 2 Shets-Sheet 2 @ariasT/Faxz'zwa www* - n Summa fill Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

CHARLES T. MARTON, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

TRAFFIC `SIGNAL.

Application fried August 19, 1925. serial 110.51259.

',l`he present invention relates to trafiic signals for lughways and hasfor one ob]ect to provide an improved signal 1n the nature of anilluminated standard or sign post` which will aiford a maximum amount oflight at a niinimum cost and one which will stand ont n'oinincntly andilluminate a relatively large area of that portion of the street orhighway immediately surrounding the signal. i

A further object of the invention is to provide a signal of thecharacter described Vwmprisirg improved `illuminatine: and relier/tingmeans embodying a simple construeM tion which can be economicalliYmanufactured and mantained and which will be both durable and eflicieutin service.

To these and other ends the invention resides in certa-in improvementsand combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel lieatures being,A pointed out in the claims at theend of the specilioation.

ln the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating one embodiment of theinvention;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale taken centrallythrough the siglnal shown in Figure 1;

Figure l is a top plan view of the signal;

" Yure 4L- is a plan `View looking downly as indicated by line lL-"l inFigure ie cap being removed; ig'ure :3 is a sectional plan taken ou line51m-o of Figure t2, and

lligifure o is a sectional plan taken on line ifi-moll of Fip'ru'eSimilar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate thesame parts.

The trafic signal illustrated in the drawings preferably intended tooccupy a central position in a street or highway or at the center olintersection of two streets or highways and is not only provided withindicia or nnrrlrings by which both vehicular and pedestrian trallic maybe warned but is so designed as to alford a high degree of illuminationto permit the signal to be more ren y seen from a distance whereby` itwill und out as an unfailing precautionary means affording ample warningfor traffic aporeaching` from all directions. The ini ia or `markingsmay constitute any desired note of warning, such as that indicated inFigure 1, being preferably what may be termed a stop7 signal on the twosides of the column or standard which can beseen by those approaching` amain `highway from a cross street, the opposite sides preferablycontainingl merely a suitable slogan of safety in cases where the mainhighway traffic is `given the right of way over that of itsintersecting; streets. However, if desired the same indicia may beapplied to all sides of the signal.

ln addition to serving as a safety and street illuminating signal, thecolumn" or standard is provided with panels displaying` the names of thestreets at the intersection at which the signal is placed and is alsoprovided on all four sides with the usual red lights asadditionalprecautionary means.

Referringl to the drawings, 1l) represents a base or .support for acolumn orstandard indicated generally at 11, the base having;r a contourpreferably asoutlined in Figure 3, and comprising` a suitable form ofconstruction, such as a metal container, lled with a suitable material,such as` concrete, as indicated at 1x2 in Figure The top 1?) of the continer is flanged upwardlyat 14 to the inwardly turned flange lo of ahollow :asingmember 16 which is flanged inwardlyT at its upper end toform a horizontally disposed ledge or shoulder 17 termihating,l in anupstanding flange 18 as shown in Figure The hollow member 16 is conficted to forni a base for the column proper which is preferably beveledat its corners and provided with outwardly projecting dish shapedportions 19 to afford a rertain degree of ornamentation as well as toden th Sides of said hollow base member. The column or standard includesfour upstandingl frame members or posts, each preferably comprisingi`inner and outer sections 2O and 21, respectively, both ofwhich arechannel or trough shaped, the outer section preferably havingx itsvertically disposed edges bent around the corresponding edges of theinner section, as shown in Figure These cornermembers have` their lowerends disposed upon the inwardly turned flange portions 17 of the hollowcasing 16, as shown in Figure 2, and at their upper endslyare adapted toreceive asuitable "cap or cover 22 of any desired shape Immediately`beneath the cap the corner members are 'conF ,i

nected by the metal panels 23, preferably by welding, said panelsforming tie plates between the corner posts and serving also as holdingmeans for the translucent lenselef wires for both lamps being preferablycarried upwardly through an opening in the filler l2 of the base l0.

Means for anchoring the column upon the top of the base 10 comprises aplurality of armsor straps 5G having theirupper ends secured to theinner faces of the corner posts, as by welding, and their lower endsprovided with inwardly turned portions 57 for the reception of the bolts58, the heads of which are anchored in the concrete base l2 as shown inFigure 2. The lamp carrying plate 53 is adapted to rest upon and besupported by theinwardly turned portions 5T of the straps and alsoserves to brace and tie the lower ends of the members 5G together. Bytightening the nuts ot' the bolts 58 before the mirror 38 is insertedwithin the column the corner posts and the structure carried thereby maybe clamped upon the base member 16 and the latter upon the top 13 of'the main base l() as shown in Figure 2.

lith the invention illustrated and dcscribed herein, it will be seenthat a maximum amount of illumination is afforded with a minimum numberor" lamps because ot the particular arrangement of lamps, mirrors andreflectors shown.` Furthermore, the construction is such that shouldeither light become extinguished the other will be suflicient to afforda fail-degree of illuminat-ion.

l claim as my invention:

l. A highway signal comprising a hollow standard having indicia holdingrpanels at its sides, a longitudinally extending reflector disposedbetween said panels and havin(T reflecting' compartments, open at oneend, i

luminating means adjacent said end of the reflector, and means adaptedto project the light of said illuminating means through lsaid end andbetween the reflector and said panels whereby to illuminate the latter.

2. A highway signal comprising a hollow standard having verticallydisposed indicia holding panels at its sides, a longitudinally disposedreflector open at one end and proiccting between said panels and havingseparate reflecting` compartments, illuminating means adjacent said openend of the reflector, and a mirror including portions inclined with res)ect to the axis of the standnate said translucent elements and saidreflector, and means for projecting the light of the lamp upon .saidreflector.`

el. A highway signal comprising a hollow facos extending longitudinallywithin the stand-ard in spaced relation to said panels for reflectinglight thereto, said reflecting surfaces being inclined to the axis ofthe standard, and a mirror adapted to project light from said surfaces.

G. A highway signa-1 comprising a hollow standard having indicia holdingpanels at its sidesf a unitary device `insertible longitudinally withinthe standard and embodyingl a series of separate compartments oppositesaid panels open at their ends, the walls of said compartments forminglightreflecting surfaces, illuminating means located within the standardand outside of said compartments, and means :for reflecting the light otsaid illuminating means into said compartments through the open endsthereof.

7. A highway signal comprising a hollow standard including a pluralityofl vertically disposed corner members, `transparent pans els disposedvertically between said corner members, spaced guides secured upon theincr faces of `each of said corner members, upstanding trough-shapedreflectors within the standard disposed opposite said panel and havingtheir edges projecting between said guides, illuminating means withinthe standard and means for projecting the light of said illuminatingmeans into said troughshaped reflectors. j

S. A highway signal comprising a hollow base, upstanding frame memberscarried by said base, vertically disposed indicia holding panelsextending between said frame members and forming therewith a casing, acover upon the upper end of said casing, reflectors spaced from andprojecting vertically within the casing opposite each of' said panelsand means mounted within the standard independently of the reflectorsand outside thereof for illuminating the space between each panel andits reflector.

9. In combination a support, `a standard including a hollow base mountedupon the support having upstanding frame members and transparent panelsdisposed between lili llt)

said frame members, means within the standard for illuminating saidpanels, ser curing members projecting downwardly within the hase fromsaid frame members, cmlnecting` means between said securing` members`and said support adapted to permit `the standard to be clai'nped uponthesupport, and a holder for 'the illumiliating1 means carried by saidsecuring members.

10. A highway signal comprising a hollow standard having a plurality ofside panels, a reflector open `at one end and extending longitudinallybetween `said panels and having,l compartments with reflecting surfacesopposite the panels, and illurninetting;` means for the rcllectordisposed Within the stand ard opposite the open end of the rellectorthrough which light is directed to said refleetingn surfaces toIilluminate the panels.

ll. A highway `signal compri hollow standard having vertically disposedtra-nsparent panels at its sides. a longitudinally extending reflectoropen at one end l'rnd dis posed between said panels including` angularlydisposed reflecting surfaces forming separate compartments arrangedopposite the panels, illuminating means 1adjacent one end oft' saidmember located outside ot *le compartments, and means adapted to projthe light 'from said illumination,- means into said compartments andYupon said singularly disposed reliectirig snrfaces.

l2. A highway signal comprising `a hollow standard having verticallydisposed t 'ansparent panels, an open ended reflector having a series ofcompartments extending` longitudinally within said standard between saidpanels, each compartment having; a plurality of reflecting surfacesdisposed opposite each panel, illuminating `means adjacent the opposite`ends ot said reflector, and means :for projecting' the liglrtot saidilluminating` means through the ends ot the reflector upon the severalsurfaces thereof.

i3. A highway signal comprising a vertically disposed hollow standardl1aving`indicia holding; panels at its side, a light source, and aunitary reflector insertible lon gitudinally within the standardembodying separate compartments ach open at one end, one wall of Y 'iecompartments being),i adapted to reflect the light upon said panels, thelight source being` disposed within the standard opposite the open endof said compartments.

lei. il highway signal con-iprising' a hollow standard including a.plurality oli vertically disposed corner members having guideways formedthereon, transparent panels dis-posed v nrtically between said cornerniembers. upstandin trouglshaped reliectors extending longtitiulinallywithin the standard and terminating short o'f the upper end thereof andbeing disposed opposite said panels and having their outer v yrticaledges terminating within said guideways, and means 'for illumihating thespat-e between said panels and reflectors. said means being disposedwithin the standard above said refle-eters.

In a highway signal, a base, a hollow etaiulaiid projecting! upwardlytherefrom .and 'having` a plurality oli `indicia lundi-ng;`

panels, a reflectingl device extending: vertically Within the standardterminating' short of the ends thereof and embodying a plurality ofseparate compartments open at their ends, the walls off saidcompartments forming,n reflectors for projecting light rays on saidpanels, a lamp opposite each end oi said reflecting' device and meansarranged to project light into the several compartments.

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